Radboudumc is a university medical center. Everything we do is centered around people and their quality of life. At Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc, in short), we offer our patients top clinical and top referral care and have an important social role in increasing and sharing our knowledge and expertise.

Radboudumc is offering Master-PhD Grants to MSc students who have ambitions to perform their research. Applicants of all nationalities are eligible to apply for this grant.

The goal of the grants is to promote research careers for excellent MSc graduates within Radboudumc and to attract talented candidate students for the Radboudumc Masters.

Course Level: Grants are available to MSc students who have ambitions to perform their research as PhD candidates are called to submit a research pre-proposal for 2018.

Study Subject: For 2018 5 positions are available divided as follows:
One PhD project is earmarked for an MMD graduate, one PhD project is earmarked for a BMS graduate, and one PhD project is earmarked for a Medicine/Dentistry?graduate. Always under the condition that applicant and provided proposal is of excellent quality. The remaining project(s) will be allocated in an open competition for all Radboudumc MSc students (BMS, Dentistry, Medicine, and MMD).

Number of Scholarships: 5 positions are available.

Scholarship can be taken in the Netherlands

Eligibility Criteria:

The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:

  • To provide optimal training and research opportunities, candidates can only apply for a PhD position together with a Radboudumc (junior) Principal Investigator (eligible as of 1st January 2017; with a regular appointment at least 0,5 FTE during the entire PhD project and a (j)PI can only support the application of one candidate).
  • The PhD project should fit and strengthen the applicant’s research theme.
  • Applicants should be current MSc students of Radboudumc starting their Master in September 2016 (MMD and BMS students) of in September 2015 (Medicine and Dentistry students).
  • For 2018 5 positions are available divided as follows:
    One PhD project is earmarked for an MMD?graduate, one PhD project is earmarked for a BMSgraduate, and one PhD project is earmarked for a Medicine/Dentistry?graduate. Always under the condition that applicant and provided proposal is of excellent quality. The remaining project(s) will be allocated in an open competition for all Radboudumc MSc students (BMS, Dentistry, Medicine, and MMD).
  • The MSc MMD and BMS will advertise this opportunity for MSc?PhD tracks in their international recruitment.
  • The selected candidates should start their PhD research in the calendar year 2018.

Nationality: Applicants of all nationalities are eligible to apply for this grant.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirements: Applicants must have their previous degree.

English Language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

Method of Application: 

Please submit pre-proposal ultimately on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, to Dagmar.Eleveld-Trancikova-at-radboudumc.nl.

Application Form

Scholarship Application Deadline: October 11, 2017.

For more info, visit Scholarship Link

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